Growing up in New Hamsphire, we experienced ice covered branches often. I always thought it was so beautiful and when the wind would blow, you could hear the sound of the branches hitting each other. It was very magical.

Karen. This is my first time visiting your blog and all I can say is wow! Your pictures are beautiful and haunting. Some of them, especially this last series and some of the close-up shots made me “uncomfortable” but not in a bad way. I just feel that as an artist you have an innate ability to tap into the deep, quiet, solitary recesses of the human psyche. Your pictures and your perspective are pure poetry.

I will never forget waking up one morning as a kid in Iowa, looking out the window, and finding that the neighbor’s forsythia bushes were completely encased in ice. The bushes were already in full bloom, so all of those long arcs of little yellow flowers appeared to be crafted of blown glass. Takes my breath away to think about. Wish I’d taken a photo!! Good work with the documentation.

Breath-taking. The basically 2-tone delicacy and simplicity is so richly gorgeous. I’ve been thinking lately about how painting no longer fills the role it once did of documenting people, places, events, and nature. Now, super-up-close photography and microphotography, such as yours, are giving us a much-needed fresh look at the world. Thank you!

I was going to say that the 4th one looks like a turkey foot, but the most recent post points out the same thing! Actually, to me it looks like a dinosaur (therapod) foot, but turkey or bird is close enough.

Reblogged this on Maggie Brookes and commented:
These pictures are great images of a similar phenomenon of mother nature to what happened at my house this past week. New Post on the Pacific Northwest Snow Storm 2012: “Snowy, with a chance of rain, ice, wind, and flooding” coming tomorrow.
Until soon,
Maggie B

Wow. Who would have thought that you could find such beauty in something so simple. I love the winter, and you have brought out the exquisite beauty of ice in a way that few would have even noticed, yet alone be able to capture with a camera.

Karen your photos truly made me appreciate my Minnesota winters. I used to go sledding in the hills & would crawl through iced over forests.. We’d get up close & blow on the ice & watch it melt. Haven’t thot @ that in over 25yrs? I think I have some cousins to go reconnect with… thanks for the memories 🙂

It would be hard to take photographs of ice-covered plants that weren’t lovely. Your sense of composition, the depth of field you capture, and the dynamic angles you choose elevate these pictures to from pretty to breathtaking!

This is beautiful! And reminded me so much about those days when I used to get up for school really early and on my way there was a valley of birch trees. And every-time after a rainy night in winter, I would find those trees shining like million diamonds because of the thick ice layer covering them. If it was early enough and the sky was cloudless, I could see the yellows, oranges and reds from the early sun playing among the thin icy branches… I think it’s a similar meaning that I got from watching these pictures 🙂
Thank you for sharing 🙂

These are amazing, Karen! I’ve never seen anything like them! Solid ice covered flora; and the ice looks just like clear glass! I’ve never seen anything like that over here in the windy and wet UK! Of course, we hibernate in weather so cold, so I might have missed them! Great detail, composition, and the colouring is lovely! Another superb set of images!

Look at your comments! How do you get ANYTHING done, just reading them? Anywayyyy; no. 4 is a claw, also appearing agin in no. 6. No. 3 is a couple dancing. The man is graciously bowing to his lady partner. He looks like a gentleman. The last one is something, but now I’ve forgotten. A woman’s hand in long evening gloves? ET saying “Hello” ? Okay, stopping now.:) Amazing!